Puraini
Giriak block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 803109
· village code 245150
Population 2011
1,989
Census of India
Population 2020
2,305
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.9%
316 people · 1.7% a year
Households
367
+7.9% vs 340 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,989
Male / female
1,030 / 959
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
931
Children aged 0–6
342
Literacy rate
58.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
238 / 0
Working population
622
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.6%
Households
340
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
197
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
260
Non-farm households
107
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
172 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
172 / 172 / 30
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Puraini panchayat, Giriak zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹24.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.64 lakh
Received directly
₹1.53 lakh
Spent
₹30.89 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.68 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.14 lakh · received ₹5.44 lakh · spent ₹14.13 lakh · left ₹5.34 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.26 lakh · received ₹8.21 lakh · spent ₹16.75 lakh · left ₹3.34 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.0450, 85.5382 —
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staffing across Nalanda ·
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